Hellen Moffit
University of North Carolina swimmer, Hellen Moffitt is a butterfly and backstroke specialist from Alexandria, Virginia. At the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, Moffitt powered through the rankings, jumping to the sixth all-timer performer in the 100-yard butterfly. She was previously ranked outside the top-50.
Personal Life
A versatile high school swimmer, Moffitt competed in backstroke, butterfly and sprint freestyle events for West Potomac High School and Machine Aquatics in Virginia. As a Junior, Moffitt qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200-meter backstroke. She ended her high school career as a Virginia state runner up in the 100 yard butterfly and backstroke and earned seven All-American selections. The five-star recruit committed to the University of North Carolina Tarheels.
College Swimming
2013-2014
In her first season as a Tarheel, Moffitt scored points for her team in the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference championships in 100 butterfly and 200 backstroke finishing 8th and 19th respectively.
2014-2015
With some collegiate experience under her belt, Moffitt returned to UNC for her sophomore season and sent school records tumbling at the 2015 ACC's. On the opening night at the 2015 ACC's Moffitt lead off the 200-yard medley relay, helping her team break the UNC school record by 0.01 seconds. Moffitt returned to …

Japan’s Kanako Watanabe brought home a gold in the 200 breast, but Olympic gold medalist Ryan Held (100 free) and Hellen Moffitt (100 fly) brought in 2 wins for the Americans to bring it to a tie between the 2 countries with 6 gold each.